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Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is a promising technology for the enhancement of light-matter interactions, and recent demonstrations of the EIT analogue realized in artificial micro-structured medium have remarkably reduced the extreme requirement for experimental observation of EIT spectrum. In this paper, we propose to electrically control the EIT-like spectrum in a metamaterial as an electromagnetic modulator. A diode acting as a tunable resistor is loaded in the gap of paired wires to inductively tune the magnetic resonance, which induces remarkable modulation on the EIT-like spectrum through the metamaterial sample. The experimental measurements confirmed that the prediction of electromagnetic modulation in three narrow bands on the EIT-like spectrum, and a modulation contrast of up to 31 dB was achieved on the transmission through the metamaterial. Our results may facilitate the study on active/dynamical technology in translational metamaterials, which connect extraordinary manipulations on the flow of light in metamaterials, e.g., the exotic EIT, and practical applications in industry.
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We theoretically and experimentally investigate the electrically tunable Fano-type resonance of asymmetric metal wire pair loaded with varactor diodes. It is illustrated that Fano-type transmission spectrum with high quality factor Q appears as a result of interference between the dipole and quadrupole modes. The ohmic loss of series resistance in varactor diode makes major contribution to absorption. At the Fano-type resonance frequency, both the two metal wires exhibit the strongest electric resonance simultaneously, and the Fano-type resonance manifests a large group delay. As the bias voltage ranges from 0 V to 8 V, the Fano-type resonance frequency exhibits a prominent blueshift of 0.16 GHz and the transmission experiences a modulation with a modulation depth of 97%.